Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:06:46 +0300 From: Iulian M <eti@erata.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg 7.2 start problem Message-ID: <200705231107.03356.eti@erata.net> In-Reply-To: <200705230047.28763.ABabiy@shaw.ca> References: <200705211823.29943.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <"56016.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1179824650.squirrel"@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <200705230047.28763.ABabiy@shaw.ca>
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--nextPart1719669.v10sMSx4fn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Andriy Babiy wrote: > > You need at least the following ports: > > > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard > > I wanted to thank everybody who helped me. I added those ports, and that > fixed the problem I had before. So, I was able to issue: > X -configure > and obtain xorg.conf.new file. I checked the configuration and found that > the hardware was recognized without errors. The pathes were changed > to /usr/local accordingly. > > But when I issue: > X -config /root/xorg.conf.new > > the X server doesn't start; it fails with the message: > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I checked xorg.conf.new and found that the pathes to appropriate fonts are > listed there, namely: > > xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.2 > xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.2 > xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.2 > xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.2 > xorg-fonts-truetype-7.2 > xorg-fonts-type1-7.2 > > I checked all the directories; they exist, and their contents exist. I > tried mkfontdir in each of them, but it changed nothing. > > Maybe, you could advise me what I need to do in order to resolve it, apart > from rebuilding the whole thing. Thank you very much in advance! > <joke> Yep... you have to rebuild everything. Not to fix the error but just becaus= e=20 you don't read other threads on the ML </joke> On another thread the conclusion was that installing x11-fonts/font-alias=20 solved the fixed font problem. =2D-=20 Best Regards, Iulian Margarintescu http://www.erata.net eti@erata.net (spamassassin & pf & spamd all said it's OK to make it public ;-) ) Key ID: 0x03176E5CEDEFF7AB I prefer plain text email --nextPart1719669.v10sMSx4fn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGU/YZAxduXO3v96sRAoDkAJ9kIavuW8+fnoPI6xGOSQRmbNDZwACfdG3V 446SlLpDOy+5l4jyRb5QFI0= =Q22d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1719669.v10sMSx4fn--
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